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<p>[QUOTE="Circus, post: 3321599, member: 51195"]Some of the old wild west shows along with sharp shooters traveling with the circuses back in the day. Would sell coins that they had supposedly shot during performances. As with a lot of saw dust showbiz they were shot on the ground or laying in a bucket of sand with a small caliber round putting a dent rather then the movie hole in the coin. I will have to hunt up the picture of the one I have. Since the people performing in the shows had to buy their own ammo they were more likely to shoot a sure thing rather than shot more than one shoot at a small flying object. Another secret is the shells they used to shoot the glass balls while riding and doing other trick stuff, were what is today called snake or rat shot .22 caliber style mini BB's shot gun style shells Made it more of a sure thing that if close one of the BB's would break the glass ball.</p><p><br /></p><p>What was called Annie Oakley's were really tickets with a hole in them. which was a free pass and an accounting measure rather than somebody shooting holes in them. And they have did the coin shooting tricks on a number of the TV shows on weapons, myth busters etc. Either my S&W 500 or Desert Eagle .50 hand guns would probably put a hole in a large coin propped against something As it has been stated it more likely damage the coin and send it flying rather then put a hole thru it every time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Circus, post: 3321599, member: 51195"]Some of the old wild west shows along with sharp shooters traveling with the circuses back in the day. Would sell coins that they had supposedly shot during performances. As with a lot of saw dust showbiz they were shot on the ground or laying in a bucket of sand with a small caliber round putting a dent rather then the movie hole in the coin. I will have to hunt up the picture of the one I have. Since the people performing in the shows had to buy their own ammo they were more likely to shoot a sure thing rather than shot more than one shoot at a small flying object. Another secret is the shells they used to shoot the glass balls while riding and doing other trick stuff, were what is today called snake or rat shot .22 caliber style mini BB's shot gun style shells Made it more of a sure thing that if close one of the BB's would break the glass ball. What was called Annie Oakley's were really tickets with a hole in them. which was a free pass and an accounting measure rather than somebody shooting holes in them. And they have did the coin shooting tricks on a number of the TV shows on weapons, myth busters etc. Either my S&W 500 or Desert Eagle .50 hand guns would probably put a hole in a large coin propped against something As it has been stated it more likely damage the coin and send it flying rather then put a hole thru it every time.[/QUOTE]
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